It will be Bulldog vs Bulldog as Montana Western faces Union University in a first-round match-up at the NAIA Division I men’s national tournament in Kansas City, Mo. on Thursday, March 18.

The Montana Western equestrian team made history after winning the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association regional English title last weekend. Montana Western is the first school in Zone 3 history to win both the English and Western title in the same year.

Five Bulldog senior basketball players earned all-conference honors for the 2009-2010 season. JaRon Brown, Layne Glaus, Terry Hauser and Brandon Lawson were named to the men’s team. Kristen Luedtke was named to the women’s team.

Westminster College downed the Bulldogs 76-68 in the championship game of the Frontier Conference men’s playoffs. The Bulldogs now travel to Kansas City, Mo. for the NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship March 17-23.

The Bulldogs edged Montana State University-Northern in the conference playoff semifinals and now play Westminster College for the Frontier Conference playoff title. Tipoff is 7 p.m. from Salt Lake City.

The University of Montana Western Bulldogs host the Montana State University-Northern Lights in a Frontier Conference men’s playoff semifinal game Friday, March 5 at 7 p.m. in Montana Western’s Straugh Gymnasium.

Hayley Pettit, a 2008 graduate of Dillon’s Beaverhead County High School, will return to her hometown after signing a letter of intent to play basketball for Montana Western.

Montana Western’s former record-breaking wide receiver Craigh Cornelius is working with human health and performance professor Roger Norris-Tull in preparation for NFL College Day.

Jordan Dyke, a 5-foot-9 outside hitter and middle blocker from Wilsall, Mont., signed a Frontier Conference/NAIA letter of intent to play volleyball for the University of Montana Western, head coach Katie Howells announced today.

The Montana Western equestrian team won the Region 3, Zone 8 Western riding title and qualified for the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association semi-finals in Syracuse, New York.